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ECHO Incorporated is an industry leader in developing and manufacturing high-performance, professional-grade, handheld outdoor power equipment. With distributors and thousands of dealers across North and South America, ECHO is constantly anticipating the future of the outdoor power equipment industry and the need for environmental sustainability. Working for ECHO means joining a team of people who are committed to collaboration, innovation, creativity, and high-quality products that make us a globally competitive brand.
ECHO Incorporated is looking for a Injection Molding manager! This position is a mid-level management role that requires an extensive range of knowledge in injection molding. Direct reports consist of Maintenance, Automation, Tooling Supervisors. The ideal candidate should have a detailed understanding of all of these inner departments in order to effectively oversee the operation at a management level. Must be a self-motivator and be able to self-teach as necessary. Strong leadership skills are necessary as this position requires constant multi-tasking. ECHO offers 11 paid holidays and a competitive salary and benefits package! Immediate interviews will be offered!
Duties/Responsibilities:
Manage day to day production activities. Schedule machines to run for all (3) shifts based on each shift’s current head count. Effectively communicate all machine maintenance, tooling maintenance, Engineering Changes, and samples with Scheduler to ensure highest level of OEE is maintained on a daily basis.
Lead all cost reduction projects. This position will likely generate over 90% of all cost reduction ideas. A detailed understanding of all tooling, machine capabilities, materials, processing, and ancillary equipment is necessary in order to continuously meet annual cost reduction goals.
Continuously lead direct reports to improve 5S, housekeeping, and safety as needed. Daily supervision from the management level is required in order to sustain these efforts.
This position is responsible for determining all capital equipment needs, reviewing equipment specs, managing all capital equipment projects. The ability and foresight to plan for the future is necessary. A detailed mechanical understanding of tooling, automation, injection molding machines, and CNC machining centers is necessary in order to be effective in this area.
Propose, track, and manage all capital and expense budgets for the Molding and CNC departments. This includes equipment, supplies, and personnel labor budgets.
Interact and help guide various supporting departments such as Quality Control, Assembly, Design Engineering, Test Engineering, Payroll and Warehouse as needed in order to meet goals that you set for the Molding and CNC departments.
Must review and approval of all Payroll hours on a bi-weekly basis. Responsible for addressing and resolving any payroll and/or labor allocation discrepancies in a timely manner.
Responsible for weekly “uncontrolled” resin reporting. Must work with Cycle Counting group to quickly resolve resin inventory discrepancies while targeting to resolve root-cause issues.
Job Experience/Skills:
Strong background in plastic processing over a wide range of applications including but not limited to 2-shot molding, gas-assist molding, insert-automated molding, and various engineering grade resins is necessary. The Molding Manager is Echo’s Process Engineer and is responsible for ensuring that all new molds are launched successfully.
Strong background in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering practices is necessary. The Molding Manager is responsible for developing, maintaining, and reviewing all daily checklists, excel files, production tracking, standard operating procedures, etc.
Must have strong computer skills, including the ability to develop and maintain Excel, Word, and Power-point spreadsheets.
Must be able to quickly learn supporting software systems.
Equal Opportunity Employment:
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and celebrate our employees’ differences, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or Veteran status.
E-Verification:
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
